Snuff bottle with stopper

Artist Yao Youtian (Chinese)

MediumGlass and jade

DimensionsOverall: 3 × 1 3/4 × 3/4 inches (7.62 × 4.45 × 1.91 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Loomis family in memory of Mary Gary Loomis

Object numberF98-32/160

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East Asian Art

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DescriptionFlattened rectangular bottle inside painted on four sides with people in huts above the stream in a mountain scene and on the reverse with a chrysanthemum flower on rock work with two birds in flight, the narrow panels decorated with a flower branch and fruit; green glass collar, Fei Ts'ui jade stopper.

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